eprintid: 3237
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2020-07-28 08:50:06
lastmod: 2020-07-28 09:30:40
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Hekman, Evert-Jan
creators_id: S3480836
creators_email: e.j.hekm@gmail.com
title: Child mobility in school-related decisions in Dutch renewal plans
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This research will shed light on how child mobility is incorporated in urban renewal projects in several Dutch municipalities. Child mobility involves physical activity and independent mobility. Both concepts have benefits for children’s health and well-being. Instead of investigating how child mobility and school-related decisions separately are incorporated in urban renewal plans, this research tries to make a connection between these two topics.  
To investigate this, a document analysis and interviews were conducted based on four urban renewal projects in Rotterdam, Enschede, Utrecht and Groningen. Schools become increasingly sizable and central in function, which can negatively impact safe child mobility (Van der Klis, 2013). This should be accounted for in renewal plans, but that is not always apparent. Furthermore, schools themselves become increasingly responsible for managing and informing the municipalities about undesirable traffic situations. This design mediating mechanism demands continuous interaction with the municipality. However, as urban designs are the basis of safe child mobility, it is more important that child mobility is integrated in the planning process from the start. This integration is not always apparent, which demands the establishment of multidisciplinary teams that potentially devote more attention to child mobility.
date: 2020
pages: 33
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Niekerk, F.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: F.Niekerk@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Child mobility
keywords_local: School-related decisions
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-07-21
citation:   Hekman, Evert-Jan  (2020) Child mobility in school-related decisions in Dutch renewal plans.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3237/1/Bachelorthesis_full_Evert-Jan%20Hekman_S3480836.pdf